Carcharodontosaurid dinosaur genus from the early Cretaceous
Tyrannotitan
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian), 118 Ma
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Reconstructed skeleton in Queensland Museum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
Theropoda
Family:
†Carcharodontosauridae
Tribe:
†Giganotosaurini
Genus:
†Tyrannotitan Novas et al., 2005
Type species
†Tyrannotitan chubutensis
Novas et al., 2005
Tyrannotitan (/tɪˌrænəˈtaɪtən/; lit.'tyrant titan') is a genus of large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the carcharodontosaurid family from the Aptian stage of the early Cretaceous period, discovered in Argentina. It is closely related to other giant predators like Carcharodontosaurus and especially Giganotosaurus as well as Mapusaurus.
Tyrannotitan (/tɪˌrænəˈtaɪtən/; lit. 'tyrant titan') is a genus of large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the carcharodontosaurid family from the Aptian...
predators ever known: Giganotosaurus, Mapusaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and Tyrannotitan all rivaled Tyrannosaurus in size. Estimates give a maximum weight of...
Mapusaurus than to Carcharodontosaurus. They tentatively included the genus Tyrannotitan in this new subfamily, pending publication of more detailed descriptions...
the femoral proportions of the carcharodontosaurids Giganotosaurus and Tyrannotitan indicated a body mass larger than other adult Tyrannosaurus. They noted...
recovered similar relationships for Meraxes, but not in a clade with Tyrannotitan, Giganotosaurus, and Mapusaurus, as suggested by Canale et al. (2022)...
alveoli (tooth sockets), traits found in other large theropods. If like Tyrannotitan and Giganotosaurus, the dentary would have 16 alveoli (tooth sockets)...
appears to be more closely related to the Gondwanan carcharodontosaurids (Tyrannotitan, Carcharodontosaurus, Mapusaurus, Giganotosaurus) than the Laurasian...
localities in the Cerro Castaño Member include the theropod dinosaurs Tyrannotitan and Genyodectes, the peirosaurid crocodyliform Barcinosuchus, and the...
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